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Scott Bessent: “We are three to six months ahead [of China in AI].”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Paul Gigot in Conversation with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Published | Video Starts at 20:02

What do you, where, where do you think we are in terms of the competition with China? I strongly disagree with that. I think that it's moving quickly but We are three to six months ahead [of China in AI]. And a couple of factors there is the, the way the compounding of these models learning works. (20:02–20:10)

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